Month: October 2016

Reaction Times-Science

1.  Thinking distance – It takes time for a driver to react to a situation. During this reaction time the car carries on moving. The thinking distance is the distance travelled in between the driver realising he needs to break and actually braking.

2. Braking distance – The braking distance is the distance taken to stop once the brakes are applied.

 

Definitions

Pathetic Fallacy-This is attributing human feelings to inanimate things and animals

Paradox-a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.

Metaphysics-abstract theory with no basis in reality.